The four ‘whole place’ Community Budget pilots in England show that integrated spending could lead to cheaper and better services, the National Audit Office said today.
More government investment in broadband should be a no-brainer for Britain. It would boost the economy and help bring us up to speed with other countries
The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has written to David Cameron challenging claims the prime minister made about the impact of government spending cuts on economic growth.
Business leaders have urged Chancellor George Osborne to prioritise investment in housing in next week’s Budget as part of moves to boost the economy through construction.
The Public Accounts Committee has criticised the government’s deficit reduction plan, warning that the coalition ‘does not fully understand’ the impact of public spending cuts.
As George Osborne prepares for his Budget on March 20, the loss of the UK's triple A rating is news he could have done without. Colin Talbot asks where did it all go wrong for the chancellor who hit...
The UK economy grew more in 2012 than initially forecast, the Office for National Statistics revealed today after revising its estimates for two of the four quarters in the year.
The government has been warned that further downgrades of the UK’s credit rating are likely following the decision by Moody’s to strip the country of its triple-A rating.
One of the largest Local Enterprise Partnerships in England has urged the Treasury to give it control of a single funding pot for investment in skills, housing and regeneration
The government’s flagship Work Programme had an ‘extremely poor’ record of finding jobs for the unemployed in its first 14 months in operation, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
The public sector recorded a surplus of £11.4bn in January, latest figures show, but analysts say the government is still unlikely to meet its borrowing target this year.
The auction of the 4G mobile spectrum raised a third less than forecast in last year’s Autumn Statement, putting the government at risk of missing its borrowing targets, it was revealed today.
The government’s council finance reforms for England aim to correct the ‘historical anomaly’ that has led to the UK economy being concentrated in London and the Southeast, Deputy Prime Minister Nick...
A third local government pension scheme has joined the Treasury-backed Pension Infrastructure Platform, set up to boost investment in major capital projects.
The public sector loses billions from fraud each year as criminals exploit technology to further their ends. But IT is also helping the good guys catch up
An independent Scotland should stick with sterling although this would mean agreeing some fiscal and spending policies with the rest of the UK, a commission set up by First Minister Alex Salmond...
The impact of cuts on Revenue & Customs’ ability to collect tax and support the government’s Universal Credit programme are uncertain, auditors warned today.
Public sector job losses are set to be 300,000 higher by the end of 2017/18 than currently predicted, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ annual analysis of the government’s spending plans.
